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Photographers to congregate

In fulfillment of their constitutional mandate, the Gambia Professionals Photographers Association (GPPA) will, Friday, September 26, hold its first ever congress. During the congress, delegates are expected to scrutinise various reports of the association, formulate a plan of action, as well as elect new executive members to serve for five years. According to the association’s constitution, all executives members should be elected by a secret ballot system, and those to be elected must be...

GPPA cleans Kanilai Farm

As part of the growing national food self-sufficiency drive, the Gambia Professional Photographers Association (GPPA), on Saturday, took part in a cleansing exercise, in Kanilai farm, in the home village of President Jammeh. Members of the association, together with some three-hundred and five (305) youths from Bakoteh and Fatima Senior Secondary school in Bwiam, took part in a joint exercise, supervised by farm manager, Staff Sergeant Seedy Baldeh, assisted by Babucarr Mendy, a farm...

Omar Ndow acquitted

Principal magistrate BY Camara of the Banjul Magistrates Court has acquitted and discharged Omar Ndow, the former managing director of Gamtel, on final charge of disobedient to statutory duty. It could be recalled that the accused was earlier on cleared of count 2, abuse of office. Handing down his judgement, principal magistrate BY Camara, said the prosecution had called in four witnesses who all adduced evidences and documents were tendered and marked as exhibits, bordering on the contract...

Rise and Shine Photo Lab opens

The management of Rise and Shine Photo Lab, in collaboration with The Gambia Professional Photographers’ Association (GPPA), recently opened a new branch of Rise and Shine Photo Lab in Serrekunda. Located along Bartise Street, the half-a-million dalasis project is aimed at satisfying the growing demand in the sector. Initiated by Lazarus A. Bangura, a Sierra Leonean national, the photographic laboratory provides an up-to-date technological platform to its clientele. It is also meant to open job...

The Gambia Professional Photographer Association

The Gambia Professional Photographer Association (GPPA) incollaboration with the management of ‘Rise and Shine’ will on Monday 28thApril 2008 open a new photography laboratoryat Batrise Street, in Serekunda.The official inauguration of the photo Lab will be graced bythe Gambia’syoungest SOS in the cabinet Ms Fatim Badjie, the Secretary of State forCommunication, and Information Technology. The photo lab is owned by our colleague, Mr Lazarus A.Bangura, a Sierra Leonean national based in The...

GPPA Reacts to Tumana NAM

Our yesterday’s lead story featuring the views of Hon. Netty Baldeh, National Assembly Member for Tumana, has elicited an instantaneous reaction from the management of Gambia Public Procurement Authority, the main subject of the story that centres on the fate of bills passed by the National Assembly and assented to by the executive. In the story the Honourable NAM for Tumana alluded to a concern about GPPA’s capacity to achieve the goals it has been set by virtue of the nature of its mandate...

Tumana NAM Laments Poor Implementation of Legislation

Hon. Netty Baldeh, National Assembly Member for Tumana constituency, has expressed disappointment with what he termed as the slow implementation of some statutes that have already passed through the National Assembly and the Cabinet. "It seems that some of the legislations that have gone through this National Assembly and gone through Cabinet look completely different with what was anticipated when it comes to implementation," he said. Contributing to the motion for adjournment last Thursday,...